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The Dirrty Girl does her thing in Europe: Christina Aguilera, who took the stage in a nun's habit in Edinburgh last night as she hosted the 10th annual MTV Europe Music Awards and then proceeded to strip down, on the 10 racy costumes she wore throughout the night: "This is my show and if anyone's going to be getting the award for showing the most skin, it's me." (BBC Online)

Surprisingly sweet: Rescued soldier Jessica Lynch on her time in an Iraqi hospital: "No one beat me, no one slapped me, no one, nothing ... I mean, I actually had one nurse, that she would sing to me." (Upcoming "Primetime" interview via ABCNews.com)

Rosie's heroes: Rosie O'Donnell testifying to having given Gruner+Jahr CEO Daniel Brewster fair warning that she intended to be hands-on in a big way in the running of the magazine "Rosie": "He said am I going to be a controlling bitch like Martha and Oprah. I said, 'Martha and Oprah are pretty successful controlling bitches, don't you think?'" (N.Y. Daily News

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Page Six: Jessica Simpson up for the lead in big-screen version of "I Dream of Jeannie" and signed with ABC to star in her own prime-time sitcom, also to be planning own lines of clothing, perfume and makeup, also to release book of "journal entries"; new documentary, "Brothers in Arms," portrays John Kerry as big-time war hero; Tracy Chapman "wants it to be understood that she has never agreed to perform in Angola," despite promoter's claim to the contrary; source says Paris Hilton was nearly comatose during making of sex tape with ex-boyfriend Rick Solomon: "Rick is having sex with Paris and she is so out of it, you can only see the whites of her eyes. She is so far gone she is drooling. It is the most disturbing video I have ever seen." A rep for Hilton says, Solomon is "vile and disgusting" and that Paris "is the victim here."

Rush and Molloy: Pink and Christina Aguilera still feuding, clash over sharing show-hosting honors and hotel-room primacy in Edinburgh, Scotland, where they were both attending MTV Europe Music Awards, exchange barbs in the press. Says Pink of M.C. Aguilera: "I think it's surprising they are having someone like that in charge." Says Aguilera of Pink: "When has Pink not been copying me? In her fashion, it's always, like, 'Gosh, I just wore that last week'"; Salma Hayek says her mother has given up on seeing her married: "[She] used to bring me antique nightgowns from Europe -- a couple of which she kept for my honeymoon. She got tired of waiting and said, 'Honey, here you go! This is falling apart. It's already antique'"; Paris Hilton's parents said to "have suggested she stay Down Under [she was in Australia for a movie premiere] till this blows over"; Rod Stewart's ex-girlfriends tell British documentary filmmaker that Stewart liked to wear their undies; Ben Affleck tells Entertainment Weekly that he felt his friendship with Matt Damon was "exploited" to promote "Good Will Hunting," claims that Matt got more attention from that film, says he's a little threatened by Mayor Bloomberg's flirtation with Jennifer Lopez: "It's funny, but sometimes I think this dude may be serious"; Susan Sarandon says she's disappointed in Sen. Hillary Clinton, who she says "turned out to be just another politician ... The only thing she's going to be remembered for is standing by her man, and that is really sad"; Boy George says it was clear from a young age that "I was going to be the pink sheep of the family."

--Amy Reiter

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